So folks, here I am. As I promised, this one is a bit longer. I'm planning to make the future chapters even longer. I'm planning with a chapter length of about 3000 words, but it'll take it's time then.
Also, as you may or may not have realized, I'm not a native english speaker, but I'm giving my best to improve. But if anyone of you is a native speaker and would be ready to proofread the chapters, it would be prescious. If you feel like it's your thing, you may dm me here!
But enough of that, now I hope you'll enjoy this one!
„GET UP!", someone's shouting, while he kicks the door! Kagame bursted into the guest room. The guest room was one floor above the large training hall. Yato got up instantly, although he was still tired. Tayuya was just mumbling. She absolutely didn't want to get up yet. „HEY THERE, LADY!", the teacher screamed, leaning his head just a few centimeters over hers.
„Ouch!", Tayuya fell out of her bed, holding her left ear in pain. Then she looked up at the clock. It was one minute past four: „Heck?! You told us at five!", she still felt drowsy.
„That's not true!", the Atsuka denied.
„Actually you said five.", Yato intervened.
„Maybe! Maybe not! Maybe it was a Genjutsu!", Kagame yanked.
„I'm absolutely sure, that it wasn't, I would've recognized it. Plus I never heard a legend about the storied Kagame Atsuka, who's a master in casting Genjutsu! Most of the rumors even said, that Taijutsu is the only style of fighting he's able to perform!", the Ganan stated.
„I'm too tired for this bullshit!", an angry voice responded. The red-haired girl crawled back up in her bed again, throwing the blanket over her shoulder and turned around, to sleep again.
„She's a bit of a vixen, isn't she?", the jerky trainer whispered, asking Yato.
„She absolutely is!", Yato proudly whispered back.
„HEY, THERE, THIS IS AN ATTACK!", Kagame shouted again, throwing a Kunai, which just passed above Tayuya for about a centimeter. Suddenly there was a steam of smoke, which rose. A clearly audible breath-out-sound intensified.
„I'm… going… to… FUCKING KILL HIM!", with rocket speed, Tayuya jumped up and blew her fist into Kagames face. The strike hit him totally unprepared, so he got send back through the door, crashing into the wall of the corridor.
„I like your girlfriend!", Kagame said, again in Yatos direction, raising his pointer finger, still squeezed into the Impact of the Wall.
„She's not my…", Yato started to explain, but Tayuya already whizzed past Yato, wanting to furiously punch into Kagames head. But the owner of the compound already managed to get a stable stand again, this time blocking every attempt of an assault from her.
„Now that we're all awake, we can start our session!", Kagame said, now getting serious.
„Bastard!", she still cursed.
xXx
Tayuya was only a few meters across from Kagame. Yato sat on a small bench a safe distance away. The two opponents take a fighting position by kneeling a little and stretching their arms ready to fight. Tayuya showed her tiredness. Despite the early hour, Kagame's demeanor was very tight and flawless. Tayuya's back was slightly arched and in general she had less body tension. The Atsuka's gaze was determined and focused, whereas Tayuya's facial expression shone through dark circles and annoyance.
„GO!", her opponent announced. Tayuya simply ran forward and tried to land an uppercut on her trainer. Needless to say, that Kagame is far more approved and experienced in fighting, especially in Taijutsu. From his perspective, it looked like the Kunoichi tried to punch him in slow motion. A simple block by clinching her fist was enough to stop the girl and without mercy Kagame kicked into her stomach, but not to hard. Just enough to cause her stumbling back a few steps. „I won't hold back, little one!"
„Oof!", Tayuya sighed. She closed her eyes for a moment to focus. Took a deep breath in and out. She leapt forward again in an attempt to hit her counterpart. But again, she had no chance, she was way to slow to even get near hurting Kagame. He blocked her again, but this time Tayuya was even more defensless, since she had now ground under her feet. Another fist gouged into her tummy. This time she collapsed as she landed. The pain in her epigastrium just was to hard to bare in this moment, so she fell on her knees and coughed.
„Don't worry, I bet your boyfriend-gaki won't do much better!", he taunted. Yato just raised an eyebrow, already knowing what his teachers plan was. Tayuya face darkened. She stood up and instantly rushed forward again. She was way faster now, but still too slow. Kagame ducked down and performed a kick-around to get her off her feet. She realized it fast enough, so she managed to dodge his kick with a little salto, sending her heel right onto Kagames head. He just grabbed her leg, swung around in an uprising motion and sent her flying. Then he jumped up, to ramm his elbow into her stommach again. Tayuya crashed into the floor. She lost her consciousness for one or two seconds. The pain comprehensively spread over her back. Her tummy-region felt numb. But she still was furiously filled with rage. Despite all of the pain she felt, she managed to get on her feet again.
„I'm not that easy to beat, old man!", she said in a deep and rough voice.
„Hey! This could be very hurtful! I'm not that old!", the man sheepishly answered. Tayuya didn't have enough strength to make a reasonable attack, so she limbed towards Kagame. „Listen, this was enough for you today. You'll have to recover.", Tayuya didn't listend, so she makes her trace step by step, with a glance that it looked like it could kill somebody.
Her stamina is quite impressive Yato thought.
„Tayuya listen, it's no shame you lost your first fight to me…", Kagame explained, but Tayuya won't stop walking at him. Yato jumped in to stand in her way.
„That's enough!", he said cold-voiced. The girl in his back fainted. The Ganan caught her before crashing onto the floor: „Don't you think, that was a little to much?", Yato judged. His hands began to glow from the green healing chakra. He placed his hand on her stomach. Although Tayuya was unconscious, she was able to feel the warm, pleasant waves of chakra flow through her body. Her feet had to shake a little.
„Don't think that I'm going to spare you!", Kagame called alarming. Yato turned his head a little, to look at his teacher. Kagame was running at him, but how is he supposed to heal his companion now?
Has he gone mad now? What's wrong with this man? Yato thought. He closed his eyes for a brief moment and opened them again, revealing his four-tomoed Sharingan.
What is this? Kagame thought in shock He said that he is a Ganan, didn't he? Plus… the Uchihas got whipped out… Is this a foul play? Before he was able to punch Yato, a kick from behind got him from his feet. What the hell? Kagame controlled his landing with his hand, swinging around with spread legs in an attempt to free his aura with this action. As he got to his feet again he looked around and realized what was going on. A shadow clone? But he didn't even move his hands. And this Sharingan looks odd. That is creepy somehow. Who is he? „Yato you know… Sharingan is forbidden in this house!", he sounds deadserious.
„I don't care! You were about to assault me and my already unconscious partner!", he countered.
„Ok… so let me sooth your panic here! How am I supposed to teach you properly, if I don't know how good you are at fighting? A save environment is the wrong way to find out, because you won't have a save environment out there. Almost every ninja is looking for a way to kill you, if it's a trap, a ambush or whatever. A real opponent won't wait until you healed your partner. Ninja are callous!", Kagame lectured. „There is no need to heal her, by the way! She might be unconscious, but I didn't hurt her head. I know exactly how hard I can punch someone. None of her inner organs are hurt, no bones are cracked. She's just a little too soft by now. She has proven herself worthy of my lessons. Although she couldn't really bare her pain, she stood up by herself, not ready to forfeit. You, Yato… you are still a kid!"
„I'm not! I'm a good partner! Maybe that's the reason I don't live in an isolated, invisible sports hall in the forest all by my own!", Yato resisted.
„Is that what you think? Kid, then you're blind. This girl has no interest in spending time with you! The only thing she cares about is, not falling any further out of favor with Orochimaru! I'm an old man and I heard many offenses, you can't insult me, but you are just naive!", Yato knew that Kagame was right. Yato closed his eyes again. The clone behind Kagame vanished and the real Yatos eyes returned to their natural shade of blue again. He didn't want to admit to himself, that Kagame was right.
„You are right, senpai! Forgive me!", the young Ganan apologizes and sprinted towards Kagame throwing his fist into the chest region of his teacher. Kagame clenched Yatos fist to block him. Yato instantly ducked down and tried to kick Kagame from his feet. Kagame let off of his opponents fist and jumped up to dodge the kick. It was a very short momemt, that he was in the air, but Yatos movements are way faster than Tayuyas, so Yato seized the opportunity, picked up momentum and tried to push his elbow into Kagames stomach. Due to the Ganans tempo, Kagame was only able to cross his arms. The Ganans blow was pretty hard and Kagame made his meters through the air, but was able to land properly. Yato already prepared his next attack, when his teacher landed he was already running towards him. A few step in front of the Atsuka, Yato jumped up and prepared a kick. Kagame had enough of this and dashed forward to catch Yato by suprise, grabbing his leg and slamming him onto the floor.
„Enough for today! Now take care of your companion and meet me in about an hour outside at the pond!", Kagame ordered.
xXx
Kagame Atsuka was sitting at his pond in a meditating position. In front of him was a cup of tea. The door of the hall slit open, Yato and Tayuya came out. Tayuya was mad at her teacher for being so hard. Yato seemed to be calm. „Sit down!", Kagame suggested.
„First: The fighting conditions were-"
„Sit down!", Kagame cut into Tayuyas complain. His voice sounded serious. Both students sat as they were told to. „Tayuya…", the teacher started, „… stop finding excuses, you did well!"
„Huh?", Tayuya wonders.
„I wasn't expecting you to defeat me. But you were brave and did everything to resist. Even when I told you to stop, you tried to relentlessly beat the shit out of me. Your body technically wasn't even able to do so. You managed to see over every obstacle on your own in order to reach your goal. Even if this meant, that you'll pass out. I will teach you!" Yato bite his teeth under his lips.
„Woohooo! Thank you, sensei!", Tayuya was glad.
„Yato…", Yato listend sceptically, „… I won't teach somebody, if I don't know who he is. You told me, that you're a Ganan, but when we fought, you revealed your Sharingan and it's look was odd! So this would mean, that you have to be an Uchiha!"
„I am not!", he intervened, „… I am a true child of the Ganan bloodline. My clan possessed a special Doujutsu. It doesn't have a specific name, we always called it the ‚Ganan Kekkei Genkai'", he explained. Tayuya listened intently, Kagame raised an eyebrow.
„Your Sharingan makes it hard for me to believe your story!", the old man stated.
„Over the years, I learned a lot about my body. I spent four years in the forests. I learned about the chakra network. My body and I developed a special connection. I'm able to manipulate my own chakra flows. So I'm able to change the constitution of my network. This allows me to use every elemental affinity for example. With years of training I managed to, let's say, regress the special Ganan Kekkei Genkai. I'm not in detailled awareness of the Uchiha-Familiy secrets, but I heard about the Mangekyou Sharingan. Some myths even go further and speak about a perfect state: the Absolute Sharingan! If you believe these myths, it turns to be the case here.", his audience was quiet. It was much of an input.
„Why do you live in the forest?", Kagame asked.
„Actually, I'm a ninja from Konohagakure…", he took out his Hitai Ate. Usually former ninjas commonly cross out the Nations symbol, that's what identifies them as a Nukenin or a fallen ninja. Yato didn't do that, in fact, his Hitai Ate was in a very good condition. It seemed like it was recently polished, you could see your reflection in it. „I was evicted because my visual jutsu activated uncontrollably in an emergency and killed an attacker. Based on this, they assumed I was a threat to the village and forced me to leave the village. But I still feel a part of the village, even if I'm no longer part of it!"
How is somebody able to have such a emotional connection and deep feelings for a village, whose people want him kicked out? Tayuya thought. She wasn't used to have feelings in any kind of way. Orochimaru basically drove it out of her.
„What is your way of a ninja?", Kagame asked.
„I don't know. All I want is to live in Konoha again. I want to be a hero for the village. And even if I officially don't belong to them, I still feel like, they'll need me. If they'll need me, I will be there and I will give them reasons to take me back!", Yato gets emotional and balls his fist in dedication.
„That's the way it should be!", Kagame commented, „You have the right prerequisites to accept my training!", the flames of joy blazed in Yato's eyes. Tayuya couldn't hold back a little smile. „However, it will demand a lot from both of you, especially you, Yato! The right views and skills ain't enough! It's about fighting spirit, perseverance, concentration and full focus!", the teacher warned.
„I'm ready for it!", Yato said, then he turns to Tayuya.
„Uhm… yeah, me too, whatever!", she answered annoyed from Yatos expectation.
„Your training will start tomorrow!", Kagame announced, spreading the spirit of optimism.